the obama administration initially appointed to the assault in libya as a spontaneous protest that has to do with the anti-muslim film. here is secretary of state hillary clinton in the days after the deadly attack on september 11. >> there is no justification. not at all. responding to this video with violence. the two joining us now is former ambassador john bolton epoxies attribute. ambassador, what we saw and heard last night, where senior state from officials gave a statement about benghazi, a precursor to the hearings today -- they did not point to any evidence of any time that supported the conclusion is a process for a a spontaneous attack. we have the story has developed over the last several weeks in. >> reading last night is also consistent with reports that in september, the day of the 12th on the, the day after the assassination, patrick kennedy, the undersecretary, read the staff that was a terrorist attack. so i think that there is a potential here for a real split between the rear side of the state department, who are not about to be blamed for this if they don't think